Card game



J. W. DONOVAN CARD GAME Sept; 4, 1928. 1,683,026

Filed April l6, 1928 fii'f' F49 a 1* r N K i x l l I I Inventor 170/22flfiwzo van/ A Attarngy Patented Sept. 4, 1928 UNITE STATES.

JOHN WILLIAM DONOVAN, 0F S'UNBURST, MONTANA,

CARD 1 Application filed April 16, 1928. Serial No. 270,364.

The present invention relates to card games and has for its principalobject to arrange a representation of an animals foot print upon theface of each of the cards and including cards having the representationthereon of both the fore and hind feet of the more commonly knownanimals and compiling suitable rules for playing the game so that eachplayer will be required to match up the proper cards in sets inaccordance with the characteristics of the foot prints of a particularanimal.

A further object of the invention is to provide a game of this characterin which the players are educated in the knowledge of the particularcharacteristics of the foot prints of the more commonly known animals ofthe animal kingdom.

A still further object is to provide a card game of this character whichis amusing, educational and entertaining in its nature and which alsopermits of the employment of a wide variety of methods or systems in theplaying of a card game.

111 the drawing; wherein for the purpose of illustration I havedisclosed a group of cards embodying one form of the invention;

Figures 1 and 2 represent cards having a foot print shown thereon of thefore and hind feet respectively of one type of animal,

Figures 3 and 4 represent cards havingsimilar foot prints of anothertype of animal and Figures 5 and 6 represent cards having similar footprints of athird type of animal.

Referring now to the drawing in detail I provide a deck of playing cardsof a type shown at 5, the deck consisting of any desired number of cardsand upon the face of each of which is printed, stamped, or otherwisedisplayed, a foot print shown generally at 6 representing the print ofone of the feet of the animal.

The cards include individual cards having the foot print of each forefoot of the animal as well as individual cards having the foot print ofeach hind foot thereof, the upper row of cards shown on the drawingillustrating one of the fore feet of certain animals and the lower rowof cards having foot prints of one of the hind feet of such animals.

It will be noticed from an inspection of the drawings that thecharacteristics of the fore feet of the animal indicated at 6, differmaterially from the hind feet thereof, shown at 7 of each individualanimal. By reason of such difference in the characteristics in therespective feet of the animal, as well as in the various animalsthemselves, it Will be apparent that by becoming familiar with suchcharacteristic the player will be able to identify a'particular animalby certain characteristics of the foot print. I

If desired, when the cards are used for teaching children to identifythe particular animals, a picture of the animal, represented by aparticular foot print, may also be printed on the face of the cardtogether with the foot print.

It is also to be understood that the foot prints of birds maybesubstituted for those of the animals for playing the game in the samemanner. Any desired rules may be compiled or systems employed in playingthe game, a practical method being to shuffie the deck of cards and dealthe same to the respective players who will then draw from each other,in regular order, or from a portion of the deck, not originally dealt tothe players, with a view of matching up the cards in sets or books, suchsets or books consisting of the group of cards necessary to show arepresentation of the foot print of each foot of a. particular animal.

It will be apparent that through the playing of the game in this mannerthe players will soon familiarize themselves with the characteristics ofthe foot prints of the various commonly known animal either domestic orWild, and thus improve their knowledge with respect thereto.

It is obvious that my invention is susceptible to various changes andmodifications in construction without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the appended claims, and I accordingly claimall such forms of the device to which I am entitled.

' Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new is:

1. A card game comprising a deck of cards of a predetermined number,each card having a space provided with the representation of the footprints of one of the feet of an animal, said cards including a series ofcomplete sets of cards, each set corresponding in number with the feetof a particular animal and each card of each set having therepresentation of one of the foot prints of such animal thereon andcombining upon being properly matched with the remaining cards of theset to complete said set.

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2. A card game-cemprisinga d'eckaoffcards ande'ach card ofeaclrfietjihwiligifihe repreof a predetermined number, eaefl' cardhavsenttttidh of onedf the fubupiintfi of such 0 ing a space providedwith a representutienef" animal therein and combining upon being thefootprint of oneei the=feet 0f an animal; properly matched: witlr theremaining cards 5 said cards including three sets of cards, each of theset to complete said set.

set representing a particular species ofi ant-v Initestiinony whereof Iaffix my signature.

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